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10/14/2026

10/14/2026

MIDWEEK MYS | What if becoming is as worthwhile as achieving?
I’ve been thinking about creativity. And why the very thing that makes it so appealing can also make it so intimidating.
Creating something: a piece of art, a business, a home, or an entirely different way of living…asks something of us- sometimes in a big way.
We have to begin: Put ourselves out there. Be willing to reimagine, reinvent, and sometimes let go of what we thought things were supposed to look like.
Our beautiful brains can register this as risk…and come up with all kinds of ways to try and mitigate it: questions that weigh the effort against the outcome. Will it work? Will anyone like it? Will people understand? Will it be worth it?
But…what if we’re asking the wrong questions?

Don’t you want to see who you are on the other side?

I’ve been thinking about rhythm versus schedule, too. A schedule assumes you know the destination and the route. A rhythm gives you room to discover things along the way.
You don’t have to know where you’re going to begin. And beginning might be precisely what allows you to see where you could go. It’s possible what you make won’t turn out the way you hoped. But the making of it might change you in ways you wouldn’t trade.
What if becoming is as worthwhile as achieving?

10/14/2026

Here’s to fall. 🍂

Softer light. Earlier sunsets. Walks anywhere (bonus if they’re along the water 🤗). And the perfect sweater-and-mug pairing.

It’s a thing. I promise. 😉☕️

10/13/2026

This time of year, in particular, we have visitors who have never been to Bishop Hill before. They get the same feeling that so many of us do- and I love seeing either the pictures they take or what they are drawn to take home to remember their time here. It reminds me of the things we bring home…and how special it is to be included in that curation.
When I was a little girl growing up in Illinois, my grandparents would travel to South Africa.
South Africa (!)
To me, it might as well have been the other side of the moon. So far away…So exotic…So completely beyond the little world I knew.
I remember my grandmother getting out a globe and showing me the path they would take to get there. The first leg was 3,450 miles away (how I remember that, no clue!)
I could see where we were. Where they were going. And all the places in between. That made the world feel a little more accessible. A little more possible.

I’ve thought about that over the years. How the people in our lives can expand our sense of what’s possible without ever explicitly telling us to dream bigger.
I’ve always wanted to find a way to bring a little reminder of those adventures into our home. Something that would keep the stories alive, especially for a great-grandchild they never got to meet.
And then, while wandering through a vintage shop in Michigan, there it was. An old Wedgwood plate featuring South Africa. It’s going on our kitchen gallery wall. I knew it as soon as I saw it.

And I love the idea that someday our son might look at it and ask about the people and places that came before him. We’ll probably even get out a globe 💙💛

10/10/2026

A beautiful fall Saturday in Bishop Hill. 🍂

The Pottery Festival is in town, the Filling Station has a scavenger hunt and we**ie roast planned from 5-7pm, and it’s a pretty wonderful day to wander around our little village.

Come for the pottery. Stay for a little exploring. Find something unexpected. Have a hot dog. Pop into a few shops.

We’re here, the doors are open, and we’d love to see you.

Let’s Bishop Hill. 💙💛

10/04/2026

It’s a beautiful Sunday here! We’re open until 4pm today. Come see us and all of the shops here stocked and ready for you! The pumpkin/gourd thing-y is from Farmgate just outside of nearby Galva…even in the rain a few weeks ago, we had a ball 🎃😊

10/02/2026

Well this got progressively, luxuriously (and unapologetically! 🐾💗) more ridiculous. This is Ellie. She’s our smart, delightful mess 🤗 Apparently this beautiful day exhausted her 😂 See you tomorrow…we’re open 10am-4pm with salted caramel apple crookies, apple pies, and apple c***r doughnuts….as well as all the favorites. In the meantime, I’m going to be sure Ellie has her paws up, poor thing🐾☺️

10/01/2026

See you all tomorrow! We’re open 11am-4pm…excited to share October with you 🍁💛psst! There are already a few leaves changing in Bishop Hill 🤗

10/01/2026

MIDWEEK MYS | THE WHOLE PICTURE

Somehow, it’s already the last day of September.

There’s something about this turn of the season that makes me want to do two completely opposite things:

Settle in. And shake things up.

Maybe that’s why I’ve been thinking about puzzles lately. The longer I do this, the more I realize that making progress isn’t about forcing pieces to fit…and that progress isn’t even always about movement.

It’s about stepping back and looking at the whole picture.

What are the numbers telling us? What can we actually control and meaningfully impact? What pieces are already working? Is another section a better use of time and energy right now?

And maybe most importantly:

What do we WANT the whole picture to look like?

Not just the business.

The life the business sits inside.

Sometimes you push. Sometimes you change the strategy. Sometimes you give an idea enough room for the answer to show itself.

And then you get to work.

So on this rainy last day of September, I’m doing a little of both.

Settling in.

And getting ready.

October, we’re ready for you. 💙💛

09/29/2026

55 degrees. Our new denim triangle scarf - perfect pairing instead of a sweater on brisk mornings! Available this weekend. In the meantime, plenty of Swedish Rye, Croissant Bread, praline pecans and peanut brittle in the porch pantry. Hope it’s a good week so far~ **The closed-top tea latte is for my sister…my wild open mug shenanigans gave her palpitations 😂 I’ve been training for this for decades (dance floor days anyone?) This is what I mean, nothing in our lives is ever wasted…we bring so many skillsets to every chapter 💛💙🤗